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Sevilla bounce back after Ramos

Sevilla 2 Real Madrid 0

Juande Ramos, the new manager of Tottenham Hotspur, always had a choice: He had his his "nauseatingly high offer' - his words - from Spurs, or he had the dizzy heights of which his Sevilla had been capable these last two years. And still are.

Juande's choice last week was watching Spurs lose to Blackburn Rovers or coaching the Sevilla team who began the post-Juande era by beating Valencia (4th in La Liga) 3-0. His comparison yesterday was an away draw at Boro in place of Sevilla defeating Real Madrid (1st in La Liga).

Sevilla were 2-0 up within 21 minutes, and kept it comfortably so from then on. Once Madrid were down to ten men, it was even simpler. Madrid lost Sergio Ramos to a senseless dismissal early in the second half and the scoreline might have been even more damaging to the Spanish champions. As ever with Madrid, you could